The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir, --I n your Papers of Thursday and Saturday evening Ist I am charged by t wo anonymous correspondents w i t h being Inconsistent in my public conduct. The one reft , rs as a proof to my speeches o n C ovent - gar d en h ust i ngs ; t h e o ther states that I was formerly a Tory. To the first I reply that I never attempted to speak at Covent-garden in my life. 'ro the other, that I always, since I possessed the franchise (about twenty yeaes), acted and voted against the Tories. I should tint have noticed the harmless - slanderers, but the prominent manntr letters wore placed in your paper, seemed t? bur teatimony to the fact, I rely upon your sense of ecittit,3 7 insert this contradi ct i o n, I am , si r, Tour o b e di ent S ervant, THOMAS ARBER. 29, George-street, limover.square, Jan. 8, 1831. [We readily insert the above, merely observing that we the names of the writers of the letters alluded to, and that they arc rtspectable gentlemen.—Eu, Sun.] WINDSOR-SUNDAY. :Viscount Melbourne and the Hon. Mr. Murray arrived yes terday at the Castle. The persons present at the Royal dinner party yesterday evening, were—the Queen, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscount Melbourne•, Countess Mulgrave, Viscount Torrington, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Colonel Grey, Baroness Lehzen, the Hon. Misses LeyCester, Davys, Murray, raid Cavendish, lion. William Coa per, Baron Stockmar, :ion. Mr. Murray, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. ha the evening the Queen's private band performed the fol. lowing selection of music : —Overture, Senarantitle, Rossini. " Sin ono a te," duo, Mulch Add, Costa. German Waltzes —" Cielo, it mio labbro," Rossini. Scena, Der - Frieschutz. Weber. Ictroduction and Grand March, Hunten—" Fare well to the Mountain," air, Mountain Sylph, Barnett. The Queen attended Divine Service this morning at St. George's Chapel. Her 11.1,,jesty was accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Countess Mulgrave, and the Ladies and Gentlemen attached to the Royal suite. 'The Rev. Mr. Mu grave, Canon in residence, officiated. The service was Kirig's in F, anthem, " Comfort ye my people," Handel. After th Queen's return from St. George's Chapel, her Majesty did oot again leave the Castle. Owing to the dense and humid fog that prevailed during the whole of yesterday, her Majesty did not go out. In the forenoon of yesterday, the Queen gave a sitting to John Steed, Esq., who is engaged to take a profile of her Majesty, for a colossal statue at Edinburgh, to be erected by that loyal city, in honour of our gracious Sovereign. The 15th was the day first axed upon for the departure of the Court from Windsor for London, but it is now supposed her Majesty will remain at the Castle till the let of February. It is said orders have been given for some alterations to be made in the private apartments at Buckingham Palace, and if these should not be completed by the Ist, the Queen will con tinue to reside at the Castle, with occasional visits to town. COURT CIRCULAR. visco l ,:nt Melbourne left town at half-past three o'clock on Saturday aNrnoon, a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. The Secre:ary at War had an interview with Lord Glcnelg on Saturday at the Colonial-office. M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, had a long interview with Viscount Palmerston, last week, at the Foreign-office. Dispatchrs were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office, from Sir Howard Douglas, Lord High Commissio':er of the lonian Wands, and also from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Tichfield, at Harcourt House, from a visit to the Duke of Portland, at \Velbeck Priory, Nottingham. shire ; Mr. J. Hope Yore, from Leamington Spa; the Earl of Cadogan, in Piccadilly, from a visiting tour in Norfolk; tke Lady Whitshed, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford and Cork. streets, fiont Holbrook. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Dorset, from Harley-street, for St. Leonard's; the Marquis of Lansdowne, from Lansdowne House, Berkeley square, for Bowood Park, Wilts ; Baron Gersdorff. from Park -street, Grosvenor-square. for Sussex ; the Earl and Countess of lladdington, from Berkeley-square, on a tour of visits; the Duchess of Bedford, from Be/grave-square, for Paris; Lord Ellenborough, from Eaton.square, for Badmin ton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort; Lord Alford, M. P , from Belgrave-square, for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland ; the Hon. Major Scarlett, M. P., from New-street, Spring-gardens, for Hastings; Lord John Browne, from Mansfield -street, for Devonshire; Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, from Bridgewater House, for So snersetshire ; Sir Charles Thornton, from St. James's Palace, for St. Leonard's ; Colonel Clive, for Leamington, Warwick shire; Lord Mahon, from Grosvenor-place, for Gunton Park, on a visit to Lord and Lady Suffield; Lady Anne Murray, for Hastings ; Lord Aylesford, from Grosvenor -street, for Packington Hall, near Coventry, Warwickshire ; the Earl and Countess of Radnor, fiom Grosvenor -street, for Longford Castle, near Salisbury, Wilts ; Mr. Luttrell, from the Albany, for Devonshire; Sir J. Manby, for Cheltonham ; Lord Cran stoun, for Devonshire ; Sir J. Eardley Wilmot, Bart. M. P. ; from Suffolk-street, fur his seat, Berkswell Hall, Meriden, Warwickshire ; the Dowager of Richmond, from Portland place, fur Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland ; Sir J. Astley, Bart., for Wilts ; Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, from Brook -street, for St. Leonard's ; Miss Humboldt, from Haw kins' private Hotel, No. 29, Albemarle, and 26, Dover streets, for Hampshire ' • Colonel Brook and f a mily, f r o m ditto, fir Essex ; Mrs. Hudson, from ditto for her house in Kent; Miss Mure, from ditto, for Essrx ; Sir Charles Far nabyf from ditto, for Wickham; Lady C. Moreland and son, from ditto, for Kent ; Miss Eden, from ditto, from Hampton court; John Adolphus Browning, Esq., from Green Park Hotel, 103, Piccadilly, for Maellynelleth ; Captain Grant, front ditto, for Brussels. CHANGES. Lady Howard de Walden, at Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, from Welbeck Priory, Nottinghamshire, the seat of the Duke of Portland ; Lady de Poer Trench, at Gloucester, from Cheßenliam ; Viscount Eastnor and the Hon. Miss Cocks, at Leamington Spa, from Windsor ; Lord Alvanley, at Crown° Park, on a visit to the Earl of Coventry, from tho seat of the Duke of Beaufort, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire ; Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, from their seat in Norfolk ; Lord and Lady R. Grosvenor, at Eaton Hall, on a visit to the Marquis and Maichioness of Westminster, from Leamington Spa; Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, at Burghley House, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, from Grimsthorpe ; the Marquis of Lothian, at St. Leonard's, from Dover; Sir Charles and Lady Cocketell, at Croome, near Worcester, on a visit to the Earl of Coventry, from Sezincote, Gloucestershire ; Lord Forester, at Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, from his seat, Willie Park, Shropshire; Lord and Lady Rolsroore, at Kinstown, from Dublin ; Lady Dunstanville, at Bath, from Devonshire. It is the intention of her Majesty to institute a new order of knighthood, which will replace the Hanoverian order, no longer in the gift of the British Crown. This order is to be entitled the Knighthood of Merit, and is to consist of two classes of equal rank, the civil knights and the military knights. Sir William Woods has had prepared several patterns of the decorations, which have been sent to his Royal Highness the nuke of Sussex for his approbation, and the crosses that are supposed most likely to be selected consist of an enamelled cross of eight points, having in the circle, on one side, the word " Merit," and on the other " V. R." the whole cur mounted by the Imperial Crown, the distinction for the mili tary badge being two swords in saltier, the blades and hilts beiween the cross. The Lord Chancellor will give his usual break fast on Thursday next, the first day of Mary Tetra, to the judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., at his reside'nco in Bruton street. Sir David Wilkie has been takin . o. sittings for the portraits of her Aljesty, the Duke o f S ussex, ' the Duke of Wellington, and the Lord Chancellor, in li's grand picture of the Queen taking the oaths before the Privy Council, on the morning of her accession. This picture repres:nts the Queen sitting at the head of the Council-table, surrounded by the Ministers of State ; at the bottom of the table is the Duke of Sussex, who is in the act of receiving a pen from the hand of the Duke of Wellington. The other parts of the picture are filled with the members of the Privy Council. The moment chosen for the action of the scene is immediately after the Queen has signed the Proclamation of her succession, and the Council are about to attach their signatures to the same . 11 0 . cument. The picture is on a very large scale, the figures pang nearly of life s , ze. In the present stage of the work, further remark would be premature. King William, our late most excellent King, had it in contemplation to purchase Mrs. Fitzherbert's mansion on the Steyno, for the purpose (as the on dit would have it) of gaining additional accommodation for the Nlieistirs, when on a visit to his Majesty, out qf the Palace. Within one month of the commencement of his lamented illness, Mr. George Robins was commanded to go to Brighton, with a view to form a correct estimate of i:s value. The treaty had com nwneed, and would have ended most satisfactorily. Ilis Ma jesty's opinion of the value was represented to bo ten thou. !and pounds. On the 15th inst. we shall see how far his Judgment in these matters is to be relied on.—Brighten He r,-kld, Jan. 6. TRIAL oF Tllti COTTON-SPINNERS.—In refe rence fin this important trial, which commenced on Wednesday last, the ..g,eutsnian of Saturday last says—" It has since been continued front day to day ; and such is the mass of evidence 1 1 ° Noshrough, that it i s d ou btf u l wh e n it will be coucluded. thisa hoped it wou l t i be brought to a close this evening , but impossible, as, out of ninety-one witnesses for the wn only thirty-five had, up to last night, beets examined — ._ 4ll il then there are, we understand, a large number of exeulpit- ZYawitnesses to be produced. 'From an injunction of Court, aver, it from publishirg the evidence till the trial is a_ eat , it being considered, that as the prisoners might have a real of evidence to explain away the effect of that pre f" the prosecution, it wag due to them that the one Ibured., aouro not be published without the other. The Court ad on Wednesday at half-past seven in the evening ; on p m luny about ten; and last night about the same hour ; the ti;.."?dings being resumed about nine o'clock each morning. 1 , 1. 7 Toterest excited by the trial beyond all conception. 'e urt-room ia crowded to excess ; the doors are con. antly beset by - i n , o ev ery iindstray portion of the evidence which reaches them ; ost every o th er top i c i n town is absorbed in the pso, 0 , 0 of the proceedings in Court," DINNER TO SIR JAMES GRAITAAI ( From the Carlisle Patriot of Saturilay.) On Thursday eveoing the dinner announced to be given to Sir James Graham by the Conservatives of East Cumber land took place at the Bush Inn, in Cailisle. The applicatio ns f or tickets were very numerals. Unfortunately the room ie which the dinner was served would not conveniently hold more than 230 persons. About 270, however, contrived find scats, and than the stewards were rcluc:antly compello4 to refuse admission to a large number of gentlemen, for whom no accommodation conid possibly be found ; but, after dinner. upwards of 600 pergons obtained admission into the principal ro om. Edward William Hasell, Esq , was in the chair, ar.d Richard Ferguson, Esq., acted as vice-chairman, Arnow.: the company we observed the Hon. Robert Leeson i Thomas H. Graham, Robt. Brisco, Joseph Pocklington, John Fawcett, Henry Pattinson, Christ o ph er Parker, Andrew Hudleston, Wm, Halton, Joseph Gillbanks, Henry Farrer, J. Hill, Ro bert Hodgson, Hugh Patrickson, Jos. Ferguson, and George Cowen, Esqrs., Major Wilson, the Rev. Mr. Duckenfield, and the Rev. Mr. St. John, On the removal of the cloth, " Non Nobis Domino" was sung by the professional singers. The CHAIRMAN then said, before proceeding to give and: toasts it was necess ar y th at h e s h ou ld account for the absence of the gentleman who h ave presided on the occasion, namely, Sir George Musgrave. He was sorry to inform the meeting that the worthy Baronet was, last Sunday evening, suddenly called to Brighton by the illness of his mother. Ile ealled upon the company to drink " The Queen," and, he would add, "may her reign be long and prosperous, and may I ealth and happiness ever attend her." " The toast was drunk with three times three, and followed by " God save the Queen." The next toast was, " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royr.l Family." Glee--" Hail Star of Brunswick." The CHAIRMAN said the next to which he had to call the attention of the company was, " The Church in connection of the State." The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN—I have already given somee toasts of great general interest, but I am now about to proose one which I am sure will, in a particular manner, arrest tfle atten tion of the large and respectable assemblage over which I have the honour to preside. Sir James Graham now stands before the country as a great statesman—a man who is honoured by his countrymen for his abilities. I may, perhaps, be allowed to say a few words with respect to those measures which my Right Hon. Friend has wisely opposed. I recollect heating Sir James Graham explain to a respectable body of voters at Penrith his reasons for opposing the Ballot, Extension of the Suffrage, and Triennial Parliaments, and I remember that upon that occasion I heard one of his opponents state that the Right Hon. Baronet and the party who supported him were hostile to the Queen's Government. Now, I read with par ticular attention the speech of the lla-n• Secretary, Lord John Russell, at the commencement of the session just sus pended, and I found that it was, if not word for word, in sense and effect, at least, the same as that delivered by Sir James Graham at Penrith.—( Continued cheers.) Those who beard my right Hon. Friend's speech, and also read the reported speech of Lord John Russell in the newspapers, would be puzzled to point out any difference existing, between them. Yet we were charged with factiously opposing the Queen's government in supporting Sir James Graham.---( Loud cries of " Hear.") I will not longer detain you. Let us driak our distinguished guest's health with hearty good will, and am sure you will give him an attentive hearing, which I am sorry to add, he has not always obtained in his native county. .--(Great cheering. The toast was then drunk with six times six, and loud enthusiastic cheers.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM rose, and was received with another burst t,f cheering, which having subsided, the Right Hon. Ba ronet spoke follows—My Hon. Friend, in proposing the toast, alluded to my 4.7ent defeat. I will be frank with you. This is tt meeting of friends, 444 th:re should be no conceal ment. That defeat was not half so painful to me as some of the circumstances ettcuding it. I had hoped, after 4 life of some duration, spent in this service cf the county of Cumber, land, that, even if the constitueticy were resolved to dismiss me, they would, at least, have been pleased to listen to me_ that, if they were resolved to strike, they would, at all cvents, have first heard me.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") I did not suppose that I should have been hunted, almost like a mad dog, through the streets of Carlisle, and that my uncon scious son would be knocked down at my feet, and aimort trampled upon.—(Loud isitprei*ns of indignation.) I re gret, for the honour of the county, to be compelled to state that scenes took place on that occasion which I think . disgrace . ful to the free itiatitutions under which we live.—J,oud cheers.) I must admit, gant/emen, that I have been greatly traduced, During the last six vstontW the floodgates of Bil lingsgate liege been opened upon me—the vw.alinley .)1 1 ' Abuse has been ransaekud to find terms of opprobrium to apply to me, I have bees called turncoat, bigot, apostate, renegade— the shout of triumph has been raised in Downing-street, and echoed in the lowest corners occupied by the retainer; of Go vernment, and perhaps there is no corner so low as tea Coun cil Chamber of this city.—(Cheers and laughter.) All the pack of Ministerial retainers have been ii illooed upon my tra es —I have had to endure the deep mouthed grunta of their quar terly, the yelp of their monthly, the bark of their weekly, 4nd the snarl of their daily journals, —(Laughter.) We heard a great deal lately about the " Spottitwoode Conspiracy," as it was called, and of the illegality of the subscriptions raised, for the purpose of defraying the expense of the Irish peti tions ; but what we experience in this very county ? The Reform Club in London actually advertised fur subscriptions to prevent me from bean' erected Member for East Cumber land. Two bankers were advertised in London to receive the subscriptions, end, if I am not mistaken, a former colleague of mine, once a friend—who I might have thought, from past re collection of transactions, would have entertained a kind fc,A. ing towards me, had net his more recent obligati•ois to the Government as chief tithe Commissioner prevented him --sent down 5001. to aid in ejecting Sir James Graham.—( Cheers.. ) Then wo bad a flax merchant from Leeds, sending his thou- sand pounds, and a ragman in Shaddungate contributing his fire shiLiegs for the kerne purpose.—(Cheers and laughter.) MI this was done to effict the mighty object of expelling me from the representation of East Cumberland. I have fought battles on ray own resources, and with some detriment to my private fortune, and here I now stand, a plain Cumberland, country -rrentleman. I ask you, except having won my way in fair fight on the floor of the House of Commons to the Privy Council of my Sovereign, which conferred on me a fleeting mark of temporary distinction, what have I gained ? What additional hereditary honours have I sought or obtained? What pecuniary emoluments have been reeeived either by myself or my relations? I would ask you, Gentlemen, whether, among your 1.01-flewn patriots—your Earls of Durham—those questions could be answered in the same way ?—( Loud and long-continued cheering.) My Honourable Friend, in pro. posing my health, alluded to my public services in terms much too Lind. It is not for me to dwell upon that subject. I before told you that I gained no distinction excepting one of a ile,A ing kind; but it was my good fortune when, on principle, I resigned oflice—an office immediately connected with the ser vice in which the Monarch who than reigned over us had been engaged.-to hear from my Royal Master sentiments expres sive of ' his eoufidenec, and of the approb :got' with which he then viewed my official career—expressions which I feel to be an ample remuneration for all toy labours. I have always held that the floor of the House of Commons is the fitting place from which a Member should express his sentiments: and I have never shrunk from expressing mine. —(Loud cheers.) That ground, however, is now occupied by our pre s,nt Representatiees. With respect to one of those gentlemen, Mr. James, a severe aceideot which occurred to him, does, in my mind, afford an ample apology for his absence from Par liament during the short session which has just concluded. I regret that aceidetit, and think it but just to say that Mr. James's absence is accounted fur; but I agree with my Hon ourable Friend, the Chairman, in thinking the Major Agli onby's absence is quits unaccountable. I saw Lim in perfect health ye.sterday, trying with great ability, a prisoner for steal ing a calf's skin---( Great laughter)—but when the mighty in terests involved in the settlement of the civil List were at stake—when that great question which permanently affected both the expenditure of the country, and the dignity of the Crown was brought under discussion—where was the repre sentati%e of East Cumterlxr.d?—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") This division of the county was unrepresented in the House of Commons, though by a I:eculiar coincidence of cir eutuatancts during the late sigma' of I ) ,rliament, an opportu nity was & g i rd e d Major Aglionby. of mountirg his favourite hobby. The first division took place on the question of Vote by Ballot, and, among the faithless, only twenty c..n be found to support that extraordinary proposition. Oh, th t our representative lied been present to have added one to that glorious minority.--( Laughter.) The Learned Chairman of the Quarter Sessions to,d the eleeters that he meant to have some talk with Lord Melbourne on the subject of the Pension List. By another strange coincidence Lord Mel bourne granted an inquiry into the Pension List, but he care fully excluded the Member who could most efficiently prose cute the inquiry. Where was Major Aglionby when Mr. 11 irvey's name was excluded front the Committee ? The Hon. and Gallant Major also, forgetting the profession of acme which he mice followed, is all for the reduction of her Majesty's forces, and the immediate surrender of the colonies By a coincidence equally strange with those to which I have already advaneed, the lion. and Gallant Major had an oppor tunity of mounting that hobby also. He might have declared, i t company with Mr. Leader and Mr. Roebuck, that Canada should be given up without a struggle, and that Government were not justifi:d in sending out the immense armament which they contemplate—rightly I think—for the subjugation of that colony. I hope, Gentlemen, y ou w ill forgive me for trespassing some ti me l onger on your patience, be cause there are several t o pi cs to wh i ch, at this ire nent, it i s necessary that [should call your attention.—( Loud cheers. ) wish first to deal with the q my moral character, as w e ll as my question of apostasy, w hi c h touches character of a gentleman. I wish to ask you, as sensible men, this question —on what oc eas'on dos a man put forward the most popular professions which his principles will justify? I sav, and I am sure you will agree with me, it is w h en b e first' appeals to a popular constituency. —( Ile. r, hear.) I hold in toy hand a copy of th , a dd i . 6 . o which I issued to the county of Cumberland on the occasion of the des.'til of the late Mr. Curwen. I put it to you ; ca n you coeceive It Q;:casion when, from a desire to o t ne k an object a just and lawful amliition, I was more likely pe i ejlar doctrines ? I w ill b e tr i ed by that address. now rgw.:4m, as ever have r e ma i ne d, t h e man I to lf plu dot forth tint professed to be in 18264 he You may justly brand m e w it! t the title of Ap os ta . e... My addi.p! op freeholders of Cum bnoerlaeixitipoisseri atecl pecemherl, 1628 ; an d i n order that !FOY myself aeettsatien of garbling the pa , sage to wi' r ie h ?ab l le m to re n .particularlysowlnei'perr'oLe will, though it is rather dis- eg Loris, trupbjp y 91.1 with the niet)le o ]the document. his as follows : n Gentlemen—The death of Mr, Curwen, who, throughout a Lang - public life, both merited and enjoyed your fav:;ur, c-;cates vacancy in Ow ropresent,itiott of ur count . ,-, and opens ti,. highest object of ambition to which a country gentleman cat-. asp're. From my earliest youth I have veu'nred to here that due season this honour might be attained by me ; and the de:\ sire not to prove altogether unworthy has long actuat e d on \ conduct, and has animated every exertion. The present op- portunity appears fit for an appeal in favour of my pretensions. You have lost a tried and faithful Member, whose supe-lo; claims I Rare invariably recognised ; and having acted for tot'; years In strict concert with him, both in the county and in Piir. liamsot, I IMittrally 4111 led to behove ths . t the public principts which you approved in Mr. Citrwen will in me tildi receive your decided sanction and support. I have, thtrefore, re. signcd my seat for Carlisle, and I throW myself absolutely on your suffrage; in the hope that I may not be rejected as unworthy of your confidence. I *ill ; l ot insult you by 3.3 y empty professions. My whole life is before you. It has been Spent on my paternal Inheritance, which bi n d s me to the county of Cumberland by every tie that can sway the heart of man ; and perhaps I may be allowed to appeal to my public conduct as the best test of my public principles. With warn attachment to civil and re li!,ions liberty, tempered by a firm ddernatuition to aphal I Our establishment in Church and Sta!e, 1 shall endeavour, if chosen your representative, to discharge my duty faithfully, to transact your bu.iness diligently, dispassionately to c xere:s.r an inde • pendent judgme.t, and on all occasions to prefer your wishes and interests to my own. I shall lose no time in personally soliciting your votes ; and " I have the honour to be, " Your most obedient humble Servant, J. R. G. GRAHAM. :riil ed then the c on d uct w hi c h 1 N ie e re the i r s b n y, DecDc li. iya e ddress. a , l pursued, and the conduct which I intended to adopt. I did transact year business diligently. I did exercise an inde pendent judgment. I did prove my attachment to civil and religious liberty. But I marked also my firm, my invincible determination to uphold our establishment: in Church and State. —(Long-continued cheering.) In the address which I have read I referred to the principles of Mr. Curwen, with whom I acted in concert for ten years. I have great pleasure in seeing here several of my old supporters, and not only my supporters but the old Blue supporters of Mr. Curweti. I referred to the conduct of Mr. Curwen as conduct which I would imitate. If I were to mention thelet in Mr. Curwen's life which savoured most of democratic violence it would be his junction with " The Friends of the People," (azing the French revolution. I appeal to you whether lam not put tieg the case fairly ?—( Hear, hear.) Who were the friends of the people? Amongst others, Mr. Byng, the present Mem ber for Middlesex ; Mr. Dennison, the present Member for Surrey ; and Lord Grey, the heed of the Administration under which I hal the honour of sening. What did the petition of the " Friends of the People" pray for ? For a large measure of Parliamentary Reform. Lord Grey pre sented that petition. The first time Lord Grey became Prime Minister, though he held office in 1906, was when I had the honour of being his colleague ; and how did he redeem the pledge which he had given upon the subject of Pailiameetary Reform. He introduced a measure of Reform to which lam a party—he tendered it as a full satisfaction for all the pledges he had ever given on the subject—he tendered it, as far as he was concerned, as a final measure affecting the Parliamentary Representation. Lord Grey so tendered it ;it was so received by Mr. Byng ; and I ask the old friends of Mr. Curwen, wham I am glad to see here on this occasion, what act of his life, what declaration he ever made, could induce them to be lieve that, if Mr. Curwen had been alive in 1831, he would not also have accepted, as Mr. Byng did, the measure which Laid Grey tendered in full, entire, and final satisfaction of the pledges which the " Friends of the People" had given ? (Cheers.) You are all are aware of the circumstances under which I left the Government of Lord Grey. It was in im media's connexion with the question of Ireland, hut that question hag a distinct bearing- upon the policy to be obscrve4 towards the Protestant interest. The qaestion on which I broke with the Government was a great question of principle, bearing upon the property of the Church generally, though it applied to Ireland only in the first instance Let me recal to to your recollection what was the policy of the present Millis, ters in regard to that question. I will put aside, for the pre sent, all that.has recently taken place in the House of Lords in the way of aoeuaation and defence of Lard Mulgrave, though my belief is, that when the matter comes to be inquired into by a Committeeof the House of Lords, which I trust will be appointed, it will be discovered that Lord Mulgrave has, in the eaereise of his high authority, ttAillinfilt4l to judieial zitwiona Ma tures of O'Connell, and elected stipendiary magistrates and assistant barristers, whose influence and power bear di- Feptly pn the Parliamentary rep7osentoion of that country, from the meteberseef a priinin 4 l saenciation, for se ouch I must ever regard that hot-bed 0r rebellion—the Roman Ca, tholic Association.---(Loud cheering, ) I believe it will be ele3ely preyed that, whilst he has dismissed honourable Protestant gentlemen for, perhaps, an overheated vindi cation of the opinions they sincerely entertained (aaler circumstances, however, in Which it is veey or possessed of hetnan feeling to exeroise great forbearance), that whilst he has disiOsed from the )magistracy a man like Colonel Verner, he has put into the magistracy a ma.; like Mr. O'Conni.ll, after the declaration male by that which, in his absence, I would not quote if I bad nit already quoted it iii his pieaerier, ‘i that he would cause a death's head and cross-bones to be placed over the door of every man who should dare to vote agsinst his religion." You are aware that the immediate cause of my separation from Lord Grey's Government was my'refusll to apply to teenier uses x portion of ecclesiastical property in !retard. Lord Me'bourne, in a recent speech, referred to a quotation made by cue font a speech formerly delivered by him, and he charged me with ga:bling. It so happens that I entertain a great r spec: far the judgm e nt and deterininetioe of Lord Melbour ne . I did believe, and I still cling to the hope, that there is in his breast some reservation with respect to the support which he will give to Radical and destructive measures. This being the case, I was anxious to know on what ;;rousted It could possibly support the appropriation clause, I saw a d_ vertised in the newspaper, as published by Mr. Ridgway, of London, asd revised by Lord Melbourne himself, a report of the speech delivered by Lord MAbou ns on intro ducieg the Tithe Bill in 1835, containing the aperopriation clause I naturally sent for this authentic report, in order to see what were the motives which induced Lord Melbourne to support a measure of which I so much disapproved, and to my great amazement I stumbled on the passage which I had 114! good fortune to be the first to brin4 under the toile° of the public , . I mean the celebrated passage in which mention is made of the " heavy blow and great discouragement" pro posed to be given to Protestant's:lL You may be aware that Lord Melbourne has also accused the Bishop of L'xrt:r of misquoting the same speech, and if you have real the Bishop's answer you must be convinced that the Noble Premi,e- has not gained much honour or advantage in this conflict with the Lord bo t or trouble e Right Rev. Prelate. I did not think it worth " I t e the public with a written controversp with Lr but I will avail myself of this opportunity of setting, the matter right. In my place in the House of Commens on the 2d of June, 1836, I read the following passage from Lord Mel bourne's speech:— " At the same time, my Lords, that I propose this measure, I am fully aware of the effects which it will produce, and of the objections which may be urged against it. lam deeply sensible and much concerned at the impression which I feel that it will make. I cannot conceal from myself that it will be, in the first instarsce, and for a certain time, a heavy blow and a great discouragement to Protestantism in Ireland—that it will be also a great triumph to the adverse party. I ant wll aware that it is not the manse thing to destroy as never to have constituted—to Devious's, as never to have built up ; but this evil, which, I trust, will be but temporary, is FORCED UPON by the untoward circumstances which I have already described. I cannot avoid it, and that which I cannot avoid 1 must submit to with as much patience as I can comma:id, and temper with as much of temedy and alleviation AS it in in my power to administer. I admit the great peril and danger which neces sarily attend upon and accompa y such mighty and fundamental changes. The shake and convulsion which they create render douhtlal the safety not merely if the Establishment, but cf the Constitution itsey." The House of Commons could 'welly belisve that I quoted the passage currently, and I wag met by a cry of Oh, oh I" upon which I went on to say— " What I does that Hollow able Gentleman mean to deny that I correctly quoted the words of the Noble Lord, or does he fe,2l disposed to reprehend 111 Q for repeating this solemn admonitioe ? "Fhe shake and the convulsion wick they create render doubtful the safety not merely of the Establishment but of the Constitution itself ?' Now, coupling the obser vations of the Noble Prsmicr, with regard to certain un• toward circumstances,' with the phrase used by the Noble Lord (Secretary for Ireland) of his ' inability to shake off she question of appropriation,' I 'gle the House to pause , and deliberate, now that the matt er o f discussion between the conflicting parties is brought into narrow limits—and the point of dispute is small—before it rejects so serious a warn ing as that which has been administered by the first servant of the Crown, and by a servant of the Crown possessing the con fidence of Hon. Members opposite," &c. &c. Lord Melbourne has accused me of garbling the extract. He should have consulted the'correct authority before he proffered so grave a charge. I read the whole of the passage, and what idcrence but one ran be drawn from it? We are accustomed in this part of she country to see men enter the ring and wrestle for victory. Suppose upon such an occasion I were to go UP to one of the combatants and profess for him all filet warmth of friendship which Lord Melbourne declares he entertains for the Protestant Church, but just as he was ab tut to grapple his 0 P" ponent I should trip up his heels or knock him down, and then Soy to him 't this is a heavy blow and great discoteregettsente.- - -s (A laugh.) But novnr mind, I have a great respect for You , and hope you may win the belt."—( Laughter.) Would net the man and the surrounding multitude, under such circum - stances, be apt to exclaim, " Heaven save me from InY feiends."—( Applause.) It is not, however, upon the words which have so often been quoted relative to the " heavy blow" that I rely so much as on the remarkable expres.6ee, this measure is f orce d upon me. " F orced I By whom and for 'that ? An attempt was made to force the same on mo.-- (Loud cheer s .) Did I y i eld to that compulsion ? It appears that the measur e is f orce d on L or d Mslbouree ; he says that be cannot avoil it—that h e must su b m i t to i t. He adm i ts that such gre a t c h anges must be attended with danger, and give s, in emph a ti c wor d s, a warning in which I entirely con cur, but which l en d s me to di ssent from the course which I_,grd Melbour ne f ee l s i t cons i stent with honour and duty to pursu' s that " th e chafe and convulsion whi c h t h ey cre ate render deubtrul - the safety, not, mere l y of the Establishment bat of the C onst i tut i on itself."— ( Cheers.) Oh, gentiPmerb " this is piehtncholy• ff Lord Melbourne had not accused me of garbling his speech 'I tvould have been too generous to recal it to the recollection of an assembly of my countrymen ; for, indeed, I blush to read such language proceeding from a Minister of the Crown, The compteleton to which Lord THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1838. tlelhourne alluded was at first inexplicable. The secret, we new knew is hat it meats. Mr. Shed, who is a greet rbetori aian, Ise 7 ng reported to Lava said that Ministers had eatared no) a compact with Mr. O'Connell and the Mali Members at Lichfield House, asserted that he had been misreported, and said he had stated that it was not a ccmpact, but a " corn ,nsiset all'ance," which had been formed. The terms of this compact, or compact elliance, were expressly stated by Mr. s et ae tie said that the Whigs, as a party', were now pledged for ever and ever to the secular appropriation of ecclesiastical oroperty, without which all Church reform would be a mere imposture, There it the compact rtlhm,eo ) and these are the terms ;von which it is framed, The grend object of our forefathers was to identify the State with Protes. taut chservances. Alas ! In the present day the great object of those who boast of their liberality is to sever the connection existing between Church and State. I cannot take any part in stiAt a course--( Cheers,) I believe it to be wrong ; I believe it to be impolie ; and, bigot though 1 may be called far saying so, I b !beat , it to be (Cheers.) I have taken by steed upon this pdint. Ido not y that the establislenern a perfect —I do net say thatit is not susceptible of impronennt, but I aey that 1 never .ill begin t ref ala by subverting it,_(Cheers.) I will not tegin to apely a remedy by robbing the Chureli of its property. lam willing to remove defects in the Establishment. I think that some of the sinecures of the Church ought to be applied to the aotwis entat. •e oof the rev e n ues o f paroc hi a l clergy' in popul ous oi tn e cts __( Cheers.) That is my frank and decided opinion, but I will never come nt to appoint a Commission for the ma nagement of Church property, N‘ith the view of abolishing Church-rates, which have always been a charge unon the land, and putting the amount into the pceke's of the landlords. Neithee am I prepared to say that a perfect equalization of Church property would be practicable or desirable. Effect a geeeral equalisation of Church property and you could never get men to encounter the expense of beim! well educated, in many instances at the Uriversities, where the cost cannot be less than 1,000!., if they were to expect only the paltry pittance of 2001. a-year.—( Cheers.) I find that I have entered further into this subject than I in tended, but I will now quit it. I have glanced at the conduct of the Government upon some domestic questions. What has been their conduct with respect to the colonies ?---( Loud cries of " Hear," and " Shame.") How stands the Canadian ques tion with respect to which the public mind is agitated? I de clare that there appears a possibility of the wish which one of your Representatives expressed on the hustings, with respect to our colonial possessions, being realised. There is, unhap pily, a chance of one of our colonies following the advice which Mr. Hume gave it, to throw off the " baneful domination of the mother country." Let me ask what has been the conduct of Government with respect to the gentlemen who held this violent language. What individuals distinguished themselves !cost in the last Parliament by the violence of their language p Certainly they were Mr. Leader end Mr, Hume. These individuals not only instigated their fellow-subjects in Ca nada to opeu insurrection by declaring that the merit of the dispute was on their side, but expressed a hope the, if they rose in rebellion, they might succeed, Now, mark the conduct of Government. Parliament was dig. solved and a good Conservative stood for Middlesex, in oppo sition to Mr. Hume. fie was a gentleman connected with " ships, colonies, and commerce." Did Government support him against Mr. Hume, who had advised the Canadians to throw off the baneful dominion of the mother country ? Far from it; they did their ut cost to exclude the Cemservativo commercial gentlemen who was bent yti preserving our cola 'lien and exerted f!cie infinenOn in favour of Mr. Hume. This is not all. Next to Mr. Recheck, Mr. Lead( r had dis tinguished himself by the violence of his language on this question. At the time when Sir Ft antis Burdett, in 4. manner which I shall ever 014,1 worthy of-his coerasse end British sentiments, voluntarily resigned his apse, in order to ascertain wleether he had lust the confidence of the electors, Mr. Leader's aentiments oa the subject of Canala were well known ; the sentiments of the " fine old English gentleman" were equally notorious—that he would rather sacrifice his princely fortune, than see Canada stripped frem the Crown of England. Such being the state of the case, will it be believed that Lord 0 4 1 merston, one of het , Majesty's Secretaii 's of State, actually pursued u eLde Leader e t r h last Pe . gf for went out of his way to vote for Mr. Leader?—( Hear, hear.) n p "er u rh k aa l e t e , " : l f el \ s t i : o , t : i l l i e : v co U to u n p rs o e l in l V' t i t i h i la C e h t occasion Wes tminster, in opposition to a ntatt \Om was not untried. He was a distinguialied officer s almost the right hand of the Peninsular war—a man eminent . fqr hi! Niblig servioes, for the moderation of his opinion 3, and the groat sutvity of demeanour.—(Cheers.) What de - ciston did her Majesty's Government come to between two such candidates? I blush to state it. An officer high in her Mkjesty'a aerviee, no less a person than this Comptroller of the Howehold, a person who, on the accession of the new Sovereign has the power of appointing the trAdesmen to supply the Royal Household in the metropolis, and, there fore, possesses extraordin&nn intittence ever the constituency of Weetrnirest a re wee, with the full consent of Government s 1 4 1 N:tinted Ch a i rman o f t h e C omm i ttee of Messrs. Leaeler and Evarts, in opposition to Sir George lineray.--(Cries of " Shame.") I myself was present Ls the House of Com mens when Mr. Itoehua, the paid agent of the colonists, bld Lord Julia iieasell that if he persisted in his resolutieria rp QA,tdians would resist them by force. I heard him make that declaration in June last. It tern - ,tias to be seen what steps the Government took in (=sequence of that solemn de claration from an accredited quarter. I know not whet Ministers have done ; I know not whit they have nfitleoted to do. In the meantime, Lord Palmerston is eninslng himself on the North coast of Spain by prosecntin, his experiment o f settling a war of s uccess i on by a handful of Marines. I, to gether with my (lelleague•Lerd Stanley (whe was Colo..iai S•eretary whil v at I was at the Admirulty), had sornethi a z to do with this Colonial question. I haepened to 'lit) present at an interview between Lord Stanley and M. Moral, who was sent as a Delegate to this eeeetry from the revolutionary party in Canada, This Gentleman, in answer to a question put by L or d ,s 4 tarsier, fraalsly stated thet ualess the British Govern ment made the Second Chamber elective, and the Executive Government removable, by the votes et the two Assemblies, al hopes of riecommedatitte were out ef the question. By rt ill-advised act of eontid enec f or w hi c h I an responsible, Lor a d ce se y'a Government, in 1831, made a great concession to the popular perty in Canad a . U p to thet period the revenues of the Crown had been retained hy the Crown, and were avail, able for the Civil G. , enentnent. In that year, however, Lord Grey's QC+76rixrnont, relying on the solemn assurenoe of the Re_ presentative Assembly that it' the power of acting the salaries an nually was conced e d to them, they would man e am pl e p rov i. stop by a Civil Isiat fa the maintenance of the British entho ritiel iA the colonies, in an ill-advised hour yielded up the hereditary revenues, and up to 183 -i the LegialaCve Assembly ne ver fulfilled the condition wet which the surrender was made. In 1834, after the luteruiew with the Canadian dole. (tate, Lord Stanley, with that decision for which he is roma, k able, 00 his own responsibility introduced an Aet fur repealing the Act of 1831, by whist) the steronder of the revenues of the Crown w" made. This hiq in the end of April or beginning o r May, 1834. Lord St aa l ey an d I left office on the last day of Mat*, and from that time to this no effort has been made by the Government to retrieve the fatal error which, from overweening eoufidenee, we eumnti.ted. All that Minis:crs have done with respect to Canada since Lord Stanley and I retitted ofilee is exactly coincident with the pulley they Rase pursued towards Ireland. The Pates, indeed, are re markably similar. Mr. Warburton said the other day that t he Loyalists are a small minority, and, therefore, ho was for separating the colony from the mother country; just as it is said that the Pretestants, being a small minority in Ireland, their property must be confiscated by the appropria tion elnuae. This is the laneuage of Whigs, Radicals, Papists, and Infidels through every part of Englard. Can we wonder that the Canadians should follow the example which is set them n earer home? The mention of the Ballot reseals to my recol isctien something which Lord Durham said en that subject before he wont on his cinbessy to Russia. It is hot fur me to observe upon the discretion of others, but I was struck with nut h r eading in the newspsp ers a speech delivered by Lord Durham a t a public mee t i ng at Gateshead,in which let. gave an accou n t I%etS)ll b r, ii t i to m, o f the manner which the first d ra f t o f t h e R e f orm Bill was framed. I think h e &tL , tNI that t h e ta nk o f prepar i ng that mea. sure wa3 ('h ,na'::dtotoLlo.rrd J. Russsell rd think a 4urilibC e entrusted of tu v leiill Cabinet k Lord Durha m carried his revelations eo further. When Lord John Russell was a candidate for Stroud, where he car ried his election by concealing his sentiments on the subject o f the Ballot, while I lost mine in East Curnberlaed, by cwning my opposHoti to it, he carried the Cabinet reve lations a little further. He. stated that in the first draft of the Rrfortu Bill, to which I was a party with him. d ti)latl i 2 11 01 n. ot suffrage cotti t self and the o th er two N o b le Lords I have named, Vote by Ballot was su b m i tted to the Cabinet, together with a pro p alsiti(n for constitute myself i a a 1 ouLdgei ohfavtehetdzatideys• of others, I have a conscientious opinion as to what is my can duty. My Royal Master, who alone could dispense with the solemn oath which I tool not to reveal his so cret Councils is in the grave, I had dot his permissiou to make any revelation on the subject, and, therefore, I w ill not do so ; but when either Lord Durham or Lord J. Russell nett speak on the subject, as their notions of after-dinner propriety seem to differ from mine, I call on them to say who proposed the inssrtion of the Vote by Ballot in the draft of the Bill, who resist e d it, who over-ruled it ie the sub-c omm itt ee , end ia the Cabinet, when the whole meter came to be dis cussed ? In the absence of Cabinet revelations, however, I may rernied you that there was a man in that Cabinet whose boast it was that lie had produced before Parliament a ma thematical demonstratiou of this dilemma, that the Belot was either i nefficacious or would ieyelve the country in one univer sal lie, elnnot ha denied, at any rate, that Lord Grey's Cabinet Innught forward the Reform Bill without introducints in it the Ballot. Before the Reform Bill was introduced Lord Althorp declared his conscientious opinion that it was necessary to ietroduce the Ballot. After the carrying of that great measure. of which I am delighted to hear my Hon. Friend in the Chair speak in such moderate and reasonable terms (which he was justified in using. considering the doubt. ful nature of the experiment, and ahat its full effect had not yet been as certained)—after the carrying of that measure, Air. Grote m ade a motion in favour of the BeFot in 1833, and Lord Althorp, who was in favour of the Ballot before the Bill was passed, said at once that, having obtained the assent of many persons wh o were adverse to the measure, fin the ground that It was a A -sal settlement of the question, he would then and thenceforth vote against the Ballot.—(Cheers.) Now, at the eleventh hour, Lord John Russell has come forward, and stated that, lot others do what they may, his sense of duty will never permit him to consent to the ballot, houscheld suffrage, or triennial Pseliateents. This is what I have always said epon this subject. I never contended that the Reform Act aria to be unalterable, like the laws o: the Medes and Persians, but I have said, and do say, that let who will propose the vote by ballot, extension of the suffrage, ant trienl - dal Parlia ments, the re are thirteen men in brigland who are not at 4141 q to supp or t those - propositions, and those are the thirteen men who composed Lord G-ey's Cabinet. But who ere the men she Ingo on thus, dinger.ni scheme. s ? Th e y a r e t h e ;!rincipal s e/ porters of the Queen's Governmeet. Aye, and the able st supporters too. I speak from experience. I have ststed on the floor in the House of Commen., and I know what debating is. I know thst without Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Daniel Whittle Hervey, an/ Mr. Shell, the Go ye. nment could never make heal .against. its opponents. Yet there may have been mere 11 irked Geveremetes ; ti-re may hare been more powerful and dangerous Governments, but I d.::fy aly one to produce the hiLtory. of nor e, untry more shabby Government then the present.—( Enthusiastic' cheering for sane say it with reg,i t, duplicity is Its characteristic ; and the li:corian who bands down its deeds to future time will tell posterity that it was worthy on'y of the contempt tit a great people, that, whilst clinging to oillec with a tenacity unexampled, it had neither the head, the heart, nor the courtige to govern with proprictv,--( Pru'onged dott ing. ) I s h a ll b e told; torsoothi • You fire tiereAtacing yenr ol I colleagyes.'' Oh I ow 4 th-te ola colleag ues a Wee delA gratheate.—(Gteat Onlte )It will be said " tilt is the Government of Lord Grey, or a' least it is carrying out the principles of Leri Grey's Ad ministrazien." Lord Grey's Administratif n 1 Where is Lord prey ? Where is the Duke of Richmond ? Where is Lord Durhaat? Where is Lend Ripon ? Where is Lord Al thole)? Where is Lord Brougham ? At, echo answers " where?" His Lordship is sank in the very dregs of demo cracy, is mingled with the lees of White Con:!uit House, j saw him once the Lord Chancellor of England, the keeper of the IVng's conscience, the first law adviser of. the Crown, I saw him standing at the foot of the Throne, when his Royal Master, by advice in which Lord Brougham par ticipated, hurled defiance at him %bon his Lordship justly designated as the mendicant Agitator of Ireland.— ( Loud an d l ong cont i nued applause.) I have seen this same Lord Brougham, who boasted of his daily correspon dence with Royalty, writing a letter, a mot obsequious letter, to some Chairman. of a meeting at the Crown wild Anchor Tavern, apologising for his absence and eegreiling that 'he was not present when that very Mr. WOeimeli proposed at that same meeting the establiiiintent in England of an Association to be formed oh the ntodl of that Irish Association which Lord arougham concurred with his colleagues is, wideavouring to put down by statutory enactments 1 ,..,e1•0nd the reach of the Common law.—(Continnetl, 'sheers.) I have adverted to Lard Brou,gham'aereati.einatical dem mstration Ballot, ycet ate: acquainted with his receet 41"aleaat the MaveNifra to it. I heard him with uplifted hands and beediel "t"l's implore the House of Lords ass a mekeerec to whiet was a party, as a settlement of ttopsgeat question Parlianyeitary Reform, and now I sale 1114 i ItUrab s .c vender of the three Wakley powdet% wrapped, I suppope, in blue paper, for the benefit of the electorso Cundrrland, an d labelled " Ballot, UniYers.d Suffrage, and Annual Parliaments." " 0111 aticat a fall was there, my countrymen !" a fall linire v,:eirees, never' to rise again. __(Cheers.) Since the 14e., of t4urd Damn I know no example of such a fall. ai quite eahamed of having detained von so long—( No, no)-..bit there is one point to which I wish to advert ; I mar bo asked to What we should ascribe the sudden change which has come over the dream of the Government—bow it has happened that all at once the Government has declared against the Ballot, when, during the elections, Lord John Rus sell eoneealed Lie hoitility to that measure. I speak advisedly ; I believe that the cause which has arrested the downward pro gress of Government, in radical change leading to revolution, is the firntners, the judgment, the good sense, and the vir. tuous and religious educatinn, of our maiden Queen. I be lieve Ilia has distinctly told Ministers that their Radical expe riments shall not be tried, that the Colonies shall not be sur rendered, that the property and ju:t rights of the Church shall not be invaded, that the command of the atmv shall not be wrested from her. " I have, (said her Majesty), do predilec tions for party men, but to principles I sail! adhere ; and ifyou continue in office, it is o e t those principles you must ad ninister the affairs of the country."—( Loud cheers.) This I believe is the real situation of the conduct of Government. I have made up my mind to make in my native county a bold stand with those who think will me that the crews should not be " called in to peek the eagles," and I am prepared if necessary to join with my bitterest pe.sonal enemy --I hope I have few— against my dearest personal friend, in order to uphold the sa cred institutions of .my country. The Birmingham Political Union have put forth a declaration of their principles. This declaration is very short and expressive. It says that the time is arrised when the government by numbers must su pereede the government by property. lam for the govern ment by property against the government by nembers. Mr. Roebuck adverting at a public meeting to Loral J. Russell's declaration that the object of the Reform Bill was to give a preponderance to the landed interest, took occasion to oh serve that the two Members fur East Cumberland were the only two County Members returned to Pa.lianieet who were opposed to the agricultural interest.—(lloar, hear.) lam a meanhoe of that agricultural interest, lam for the Govern ment by property as opposed to the Government by numbers. The Right Hon. Baronet resumed his seat amidst cheering of the most enthusiastic: description, which lasted for a eon siderahla time. The CLIAIRMAN proposed the fullowing toasts, which were drunk, as they deserve to be, with acclamations of applause :-- " The Duke of Wellington, and the House of Lords." " Sir Ruhert Peel, and the Conservative Members of the 1 - 101po as Commons." Sir J. Gastissi returard thanks for his Right lion. Friend. He said that, when a eanaervative Cove:ll:nem was formed, Sir Robert Peel must be at its head. If they lo.iked at his prudence, his great experience in puhlie affairs, hie pre-r.n:i ntmt provers in debate, the spotless integrity of his private life, and the sour.dneu of his religious principles, l w was every way entitled to that poet. lie then paid an elegant comp i ment to L - ird Stanley, and siid thA he never would despair of his ouisntty while Sir &Alert reel and his 'Nuble Friend wort united; anal he believed that the union no,/ was indisso luble. He concluded by proposing Lord Stat.ley's health, which was druid ( with three times curer. The company then retired, after spending an evening which will be long remembered in the eastern divisioa of the county of Cumberland. There was 4 profusion of everything of the hat kind, and the wine ass excellent. THE AMERICAN IN LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Here am I, a Yankee man, in the laud of my fathers, a stranger, and not a stranger; at home, and vet abroad; sur rounded by uaknonn faces, yet welcomed kith a well-knoun tongue. Verily your London is a surprising place ; thou:,-11 I had formed a high opinion of its supremacy, l am not the least disappointed, as I have been in visiting other lions of earth. And is this the capital that can exist in such splendour, under an unheard-of debt and unexampled taxation ? There really must be a stern elasti,ity somewhere—J,hn Bull must pons, 84 an herculean spine. I see no poor is your streets (though, perhal - 1, tily arc provided for)—no ollects of di'seace and suffusing betray themselves at every turn. Verily our common fathers, Sir, were men of nictal, and 1113 son is nut unworthy of the sire, lam naturally attached to the extension of commerce. It was, therefore, with no little feeling I gazed on the forest of shipping, which recalled my backwoods recollections. And in your strews no man seats to pause ; all pr. ss forward to en terprise, as if actuated by the same impulse which urged Co lumbus to the west. Sorely man musf be seen here in his proudest hearing; time seems nt a high pren.ium, activity above par, and perpetual motion in coast grit play. What a sublime sight is real business ! There is nothitig:like it. While the tenants of Continental towns seem fog the most part to sleep in their locomotion, man here seems the very symbol of !ire and ala city. I have reason to be proud of my country men, who r:ckou at lest one good quality which Alrs. Trol lope does not deny them; they are no t ,rto:sts in the race. By-the-live, do not iina.ziae that the rational part cf American society take offence at the strictures, severe though they be of our lady censor ; such are our best ft ionds, and " hold up the mirror to nature," &c. Though tendered in spite, and pro duced in petulance, there are many tic% 15;:wit hags in her satire, and we shall not be worse for the application. " Fos est ab hoste doeeri," is a maxim made, Sir, for my country men ; they will never shut their eyes to hon st tutoring, and by this moans they may bCcome such as their cremies cannot even carp at. Good night, HENRY CHESTER. OTTON MANUFACTURE. The splendid mill erecting by Messrs. Cla.ke, Maze, and Co., near Barton-bill, is rapidly progresaing, so far as the building is concerned (and, we believe, also, as regards the in ternal arrangements) towards completion. The mechanics' shop attached, for manufacturing the machinery, is expected to be ready for active operations early in Pebruary, and the manufacture of yarn will commence in the ensuing spring. It is cheering to :witness the Ord is whi h this intereatiag undertaki.q has been prosecuted, inasmuch as it conalently ausures us that, if success be at 211 dependent on activity and perseverance, the result aid be. no less satisfactory to the wealthy and intelligent gentleman who have boldly ventured on the speculation, than it will be gratifying to thoa citizens at large, and full of hope to the future t• axle cf our part. Within a few tnunths a structure has ben nearly brought to co mph tion for its extent and magnificence, as we are informed, will vie with any similar establishment in the kingdom. If Manchester can toast of a hundred such, it must be a splundial place indeed. Viewed from the Bath road, at Arno's vale, it has a noble appearance, and may be taken for some building of a national character. The mill for the spinning dcpartment has five fio's, 300 feet long by GO feet :aide; the large weaving_ room is 300 fact square 1 with an octagon chimney of im mense size and height—internal area at the base, about 73 square feet ; then there are a large but very neat building, called the mechanics' shop, consisting of three floors, 130 by 40 feet ; a good-aizA school-room, ofliees, couuting-housas, and a pay-ground. The whole, we enders': nl, has b:en erected unds r the superintendence of one of the proprietors— a gentleman eminent for his skill and success in the cotton manufacture. The situation is admirably adapted for conve nience of transit, either by railroad or by aa.ar, being upon the banks of the Avon. and upon the line of the Great Weatern —from which, also, the !mat important results to our cite are anticipated. What a proud day it will be for Bristol when the two undertakings than be in active operation !—Bristol Mercury, MURDER.—The Evening Packet stAtes, that on the afternoon of the 2d instant a uolicevaal, who wa; proceed ing with reports from an wAt-di.,tilet of f.ongford, was su,idenly at:acked by fou7 erhaed man and murdered, It is alleged that mothee policeman, :w accompanied him, wa.; " pemitted escape by the rebels," because he was a Romart Catholic. The statement is evidently grossly exaggei ated, and the fact of the murder, we think, repti:es authentication. O'CGNNELL'S COMPENSATION FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. sia,_lll contributing my share to the En: iscorthy O'Con. nell Na anal Cempensation Fund for 1836 and 1837.1 brg to send a few remarks, etas: if their dulness should amount to a tex im tl.e oth r incloeure. The pacers of last atrorner were full of expectation that our youthful monarch would %fait Kiliarnc'y, and it may still be hoped she will do-so be tbo fine weather returns. A few miles hoyoati migbt pint* her stooping at the threshold of a " mountain hut, cligniflidb? the name of Darrynane Abbey t" testa subihant, Pauperis Erandri't thee; ingait ) !Willa Victor Alcides "What, Ince Want tekle eapitt No ono has visit !Poland lately without adraiif3gsk gv en eobbetet prOtil,foits intellect was turn e d Bnn: . his dieesi boa avig role into elogiseeree. areal & : 0 , rupittna soteneeinto music, and l most ho been, he would not, if he had hundred hAto. oh. tered a word but If to O'Connell, the g.neftur, tint passinnatniallint-, tit yoke renew with time, Rho has taketl a hapof attortitsy to defend Lis country. Not thtt one has seen the whole case ins Cobbett did : too many go there far the pureose of tnonev-making, or of book. snaking, to collect arrears of resit, or, like Lord Stanley, materials, for a new sews: i n a n e . S: there arc Englishm en w h o will never, till 'ley give in their last account, find words to express tne lessons of patience taught them by the much loved, the mesh injured, the most unhappy Irish. We cannot d eibt the Queen would be recen se d w i t h s een . sports of welcome.. A m id st t h e worst snnral spasms of th at country, no lady ever was harmed. Vet'l can imagine a case in which, without impeaching her aunnant s allegiance, and still less her ovsa eilmirab'e qualii en her royal progress might ba lighted througnout by the glare of incendiary fires, supposing simply the price eareat fell a shilling or two per bushel. As an occeseonal correspondent of the Wexford Inders4rat, I endeavoured, four years ago, to draw attention to tuts effect of fluctuating prices in Ireland, but in vain. Such things aro too true to be new; if a Member of Pa - niament took for his device; silver standard, one pound . ee half-pound notes, and no corn-law, the statists and eseonomists would find him anything but clever ; or if he said, " Plenty of bread, plenty of money, assd nartn Li:l:idle to - O'Connell," he wound be uttering dull '7...tsrris; he woull be premature. At present people say but little on these subjects, but, like Lo.d Burleigh, deity think the more It is extraordinary that money consn:lerations. should be so seldom reverted to its causes of misfortune. Madame de Stael showed most ingeniously, that the conduct of Circles I. was the opposite in every point to that of Louis, yet they had ya belle and ship money in common. If Napoleon' bad been -paid his stipend at Elba, he would never have landed at Can nes: if Louis XVIII. had not been paid, there would have been no restoration. So an omnifarious indirect taxation in England makes the question of Universal Suffrage inevitable, ta'sing up an Autocratic branch, which. overshadows King, Lards, and Commons, and completely stultifies the Executive. Monetary errors have made this a serious evil, ann they will coetieue till the press cond escen d s to popu l ar i ze the currency question, and put the many headed au fait. To find out how soon a prejudice will disappear, we should consult Sir - Robert Peel's speeches as a criterion. At Tam_ worth, July 24, he said, •* The only way to lighten the interest of the public debt, is to increrse the number of shoulders Ow bear it, h l - increasing manufacturing and commercial prospe rity." (Tins might be addressed to the Tamworth railway, hut it bindles much better to a steady expansion of the cur. rency). " Let them not be deceived by the false friends of sericulture into a belief that, by the exclusion of foreiga pro duce, or by an increased bounty on their own, they could have permanent prosperity." This looks as if Sir R. Peel, having made the best speeches against tie reform of criminal law, and the best in favour of it; the best for and against the penal Ca tholic cede ; the best agaisst the reform of the Commons' House, and the best for the sufficiency of the Reform Bill, having been recalled from his Secretaryship in Ireland to speak for the measure of 1819, which goes by his name, May now deliver the best of all his speeches, giving their true vahres to corn, curt-nes, and common sense : this much is due to his immense wealth and respectability, and to the dignitT of a " public man " Hear Mr. Matthias Attwoed, in his evidence before the Aglicultsual Committee of Lords, in " A member of the Committee of 1819 stated in the House of COM_ mons nine years after, that in his belief, the chaim a n and every member of the Committee were misled by witnesses per fectly uninformed ; that neither he, nor nay other member, nor the chairman, knowing the eharaseer of the measure, would here recommended it. —roe chairman was Sir Robert Peel ?a— Yes, he wins Present, and made no answer to that statement : it was Mr. Bankes made that stat meat," Before the same Committee Mr. M. Attwood decided, that " even for periods so short as five years, corn rarely has varied greatly, except when alterations have taken place in the standard of value by which it is measured." But variations year by year are much wore fatal to Ireland, and these we owe to the cost laws. Silver is very level, as Rothschild told us, that is, in different plaees ; and as to different times, the supply and demand of silver varies es that of corn in an extraordinary manner. -The ruinous fitretuations since the war have been owing to the ackneniedged errors of the Pi ivy Council, in 1816, Ft ,;(1 of the Parliament, in 1615 and 1319. The Coun t:l decreed a gold standard, and moreover a totally crooked one, and ;rase a coinage of Likens, because some shillings had been clipped 20 years previously. The Parliament, guided by futile Losic, attributed the depreciation of batik notes, not to subsidizing, ant to filling with gold the military chests of the Coalition, but to a suspension of cash payments, which preceded the supposed effect by eleven years, and then rush ing with adveese haste in'n an immense d'evelopcmetit of cauN lity, rein ice the evi. three lerrs after it heti ceased to exist, by falsifying co ,tracts and increasing the pub!i: debt, the places and pensions, one-third. So at the meeting of Parlia ment in 1825, Lord Liverpool expressly alluded to the sound ness of the currency, the first time such an allusion had been made be a British ',Minister ; - yet soon after, " sn3a.ll went the country banks, consequent runs on the London, a dozen ba ronets failed in one morning, Portland-place deserted, the nreek Loan disapeeared like a vapour in a storm, all the new American States refused to pay their dividends," &e., and no thing saved us but the little persecuted 1/. notes. Amidst the studied obscurity of the subject, parties legislate far themselves. The rent-receivers siting in both houses, all honourable men, but connected with the agricultural interest, hoist the prices of corn. to a great height, thOugh they Cannot keep them there. In like manner, so are we all honourable when judges in our own cause ; tile money dealers or exchange merchants in or near the Bank parlour, obtaining gold cheap when it is dear' on the Continent, and selling it dear alien cheap elsewhere, export our gold when we want it most. Then, having none left, in their feigned capacity as Directors, instead of bringing it back at their cm n expense, as the Bank of France does, they "redress their cash," redress ing, in fact. your cash and mine, they shake the ground under every body's feet, and ; above all, plunge Ireland into a baptism of blur d, by hauling down the price of corn ; yet neithet bakers nor lerdlords reduce their profits, because they hope the Peers will give them a lift shortly. Thera is no possible quarter ou which the Bank have not shifted the blame. Sometimes it is over production, and the original producat terra, is twirled down ccntemptuously on the parlour table; sometimes otter trading, or the immense variety of productions which miserable mortals will consider as food, raiment, or medicine, and will procure as such ; sometimes the country batiks, so they are eestroyed; then the joint-stock banks devised as as improvement on the preceding ; then tho Lill-brokers, who discharge impartially the duties of the Iltink ; enn lastly, the Arnelican merchants, who have merely shown that ev, n a fan- gold currency is fatal. In the Irish panic a year a.,fo, at the very moment when the Bank, through its talkers:was urging on the House of Commons the propriety of compressing the circulation everywhere by all means at the same inne, se as to manage the exchanges properly, having. themselves raised mercantile tilseoutits to 5 per cent., whet stocks at an per cent. ; at that very moment the Bank of Ire land, their correspondent, lowered discounts to 3i per cent., in a comery where 6 per cent., is ordinary and legal interest, .in the fond hope of starving joint-stock banks out of profit. While in England, the very first houses were refused assist ance, ne quid detrimeLti , on the other side, the most indiffee rent credits were stamped as good as gold,.for the nonce. Hut is ibis the couticil whose spirit should inform the Orbis Britanuicus, the maritime centre of twp hemispheres? What is it but a caucus of partial men, with their judge-made law pro re neta, varying in every case, and always unjust, failing, like a peewit humour, on the weakest part of .the empire. The jealousy of academicians and of graziers in the reign of Charles I 1., gave rise-to laws against Irish oxen and Irish scho lars, such as sae legal-minded Coke had pronounced null and loid, ipso facto. The money clauses of our Constitution have been nailed into the Irish, its generous and cordial remedies neutralized at pleasure ; but, happily, the rich mast's law can never be the law of the land, nor ere received by the children of the soil. It was so with Van Sittart's gold standard, and the same Minister's corn-law of exclusiOn, for it is demonstrable that the agrarian miseries since the war have proceeded from them. The late Mr. Inglis, who was as good at taking facts as be was ill at finding their causes, laid it down that the poor Irish had been growing poorer fur mciy years, and that the rent was always calculated for the most favourable seasons--I must add, for the highest prices also. Of course, when a farmer had little capital, when he could get no price for his crop, he could not pay, he would be ejected, he would unhappily procure from his star-chamber a revenge on the succeeding tenant, this would be the general rule. Assuming also, as history always does, that a law against a practice is evidence of such a prac lice existing, it would follow that whenever a law wan passed, against midlight legislation, we should find there had been a great fall of prices that same year : such has been the ease du ring fifty years. In 1792 there was a proclamation (as good as law) against the armed Defenders, " who talked of being relieved from hearth-money, titbe, cogs, and of lowering their rents." In 1798, " the Rebellion" broke out : in 1803, " Emmett's Rebellion:" in 1807, • 1814, 1822, according' to Sir Robert Peel's stat emen t in introducing the Relief Bill, the " Insurrection Act" was brought in and passed, enabli ng the Lord-Lieutenant to s us p en d t h e trial it a transportable offence for a man to be found out of doors between sunset mid sunrise: in 18 ,the Coercion Bill passed. In each of these years, 1792, 1798, 1803, 1807, 1814. laen, aril 1833, there was an unconsionable fall in prices of grain. The converse of the proposition is also true, and oyery fall vices pro; need sue: a law, except in 1827, wham duo fall ‘k as not near so considerable, and when no such law was ; but this :single exception proves the rule in a strikinz manner. The Catholic Relief Was approaching, the aseett— dl:lcy w!ls ay good as dead, for Mr. Peel had evidently given it over, and the Association made extraordinary efforts to suppreis that demoralising war which had so long disgraced thvm a but, whose CZUSCS they ::earcely even knew. In thg